Ukrainian Catholic Church Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

“Do this in memory of me; for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim my death and confess my Resurrection.” In Christ, human nature partakes of the divine nature (see 2 Pt 1:4). Christ ...

On some occasions after an essay is published I receive a response from readers giving me their opinions and sharing perspectives from their life experiences. After the publication of The Critical Mass – Part I, I was called by a ...

There is one thing about 9/11 that sticks in my mind even till today. The picture of firemen rushing into the World Trade Centre, to their certain death, while everyone was running as fast as they could away from the ...

Prot. N. 19/248 eng COMMUNION AND UNITY IN THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK-CATHOLIC CHURCH Pastoral Letter Of The Synod Of Bishops  OF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK-CATHOLIC CHURCH 2019 To the Clergy, Religious and Laity  Very Reverend and Reverend ...

On Tuesday, August 27th, 2019, Rt. Rev Fr. Simon Ckuj celebrated 25 years of priestly ordination. Eparchy congratulated Rt. Rev Fr. Simon Ckuj on his anniversary of completion of 25 years of priesthood and thanked for 25 years of his ...

My father once told me the story of a woman who was praying in front of an Icon of Our Lord in a Church. As he recounted the story, a second woman had overheard the first woman’s fervent prayer, which ...

Catholicism is not found in a uniform worship or liturgical practice. The Catholic Church has never, ever since its earliest days 2000 years ago, been uniform in its liturgical prayers, traditions or practice. The uniformity or unity of the church ...

On Sunday, 11th August 2019, the parishioners of the North Melbourne Cathedral Parish showed their compassion for the poor and unfortunate of Melbourne. Over the last month the Ukrainian Women’s League has been collecting food for the poor on the ...

On Tuesday, August 20th, 2019, Fr Peter Struk celebrates 30 years of priestly ordination. Fr Peter was born in Brisbane where he grew up and completed his studies in pharmacology and then worked as a pharmacist before going to Rome ...

In Matthew’s Gospel, we read that “people do not light a candle and put it under a bushel basket”. Jesus tells us to “let our light shine before men and glorify your Father who is in heaven”. (Mt 5.15-16) On ...

I ask the reader for patience as I present a series of vignettes, to hopefully unpack what I believe to be an important message. First, my grandmother was a Polish woman gifted with a sardonic wit. One day someone announced ...